en CR Crossword By Barbara Marcos 26 Drama : a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors. Playwright : the author of a play, or drama. Conflict : when the character is opposed by another character or force. Complications : additional problems to the conflict. Climax : the moment of greatest emotional intensity. Characters in Crisis : every play centers on a crisis, a situation of danger or difficulty that places at risk something of great value to the characters: life, love, family pride, anything that is precious to them. Change: changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts. Irony: is a contrast between expectation and reality. Dramatic Irony : occurs when the people watching a play know something that the characters on stage do not know—including, sometimes, what awaits them in the future. The Shock of Recognition : a play succeeds when we (the audience) share the same feelings of the characters on stage. Flashback : an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time. Act : one of the major divisions of a play or drama. Scene : a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous. Stage Directions: they tell the actors how to read their lines (what tone of voice to use, what emotions they are trying to express) as well as what actions to perform or what gestures to make. Stage Design : how the stage will look and will be represented. Characters : one who performs or appears on a play. Script : the manuscript or written document of a play. Speculating : to engage in thought or reflection; to meditate. Inference : to hint; to guess; imply or suggest. Dialogue : conversation between two or more characters. Idioms : regional speech or dialect. Symbol : a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well. Tone : the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience. Mood : feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature. Theme : the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. Overstatement : exaggeration that is used for effect. Paraphrasing : to restate in your own words.

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Across:

1.	a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.
4.	occurs when the people watching a play know something that the characters on stage do not know—including, sometimes, what awaits them in the future.
6.	additional problems to the conflict.
9.	a play succeeds when we (the audience) share the same feelings of the characters on stage.
13.	changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts.
14.	feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature.
17.	the manuscript or written document of a play.
19.	is a contrast between expectation and reality.
21.	conversation between two or more characters.
22.	a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors.
23.	the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience.
24.	the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.

Down:

1.	a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.
2.	exaggeration that is used for effect.
3.	to hint; to guess; imply or suggest.
5.	regional speech or dialect.
7.	to engage in thought or reflection; to meditate.
8.	when the character is opposed by another character or force.
10.	how the stage will look and will be represented.
11.	the moment of greatest emotional intensity.
12.	to restate in your own words.
13.	every play centers on a crisis, a situation of danger or difficulty that places at risk something of great value to the characters: life, love, family pride, anything that is precious to them.
15.	one of the major divisions of a play or drama.
16.	they tell the actors how to read their lines (what tone of voice to use, what emotions they are trying to express) as well as what actions to perform or what gestures to make.
18.	one who performs or appears on a play.
20.	an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.

Crossword By Barbara Marcos

Across:

1.	a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.
4.	occurs when the people watching a play know something that the characters on stage do not know—including, sometimes, what awaits them in the future.
6.	additional problems to the conflict.
9.	a play succeeds when we (the audience) share the same feelings of the characters on stage.
13.	changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts.
14.	feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature.
17.	the manuscript or written document of a play.
19.	is a contrast between expectation and reality.
21.	conversation between two or more characters.
22.	a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors.
23.	the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience.
24.	the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.

Down:

1.	a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.
2.	exaggeration that is used for effect.
3.	to hint; to guess; imply or suggest.
5.	regional speech or dialect.
7.	to engage in thought or reflection; to meditate.
8.	when the character is opposed by another character or force.
10.	how the stage will look and will be represented.
11.	the moment of greatest emotional intensity.
12.	to restate in your own words.
13.	every play centers on a crisis, a situation of danger or difficulty that places at risk something of great value to the characters: life, love, family pride, anything that is precious to them.
15.	one of the major divisions of a play or drama.
16.	they tell the actors how to read their lines (what tone of voice to use, what emotions they are trying to express) as well as what actions to perform or what gestures to make.
18.	one who performs or appears on a play.
20.	an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.